BEBishop Eddis
What's on your mind, Mr. President?
At the burial the other day, you talked about Abraham and Isaac, God giving up his only son.
BEBishop Eddis
Between you and me, that's the same sermon I always use at Arlington. You put enough soldiers in the ground, you get tired of writing new ones.
It was the first time I had heard it.
BEBishop Eddis
Won't be the last.
I want to understand what justice is.
BEBishop Eddis
That's a big one.
BEBishop Eddis
There's our justice, the kind men create. We base it on things like the Ten Commandments. But those can be read a million different ways.
"Thou shalt not kill" seems pretty clear.
BEBishop Eddis
Who's to say? If we didn't kill, others would kill instead of us. There's a lot of killing in the Bible. King David was a warrior.
How do you reconcile that with the laws that God gave Moses?
BEBishop Eddis
Even those laws require interpretation.
BEBishop Eddis
There are two laws we have to remember above all else. He tells us to love God and to love each other.
You can't love the people you kill.
BEBishop Eddis
You sure as hell can. And you have to love the people who are trying to kill you.
BEBishop Eddis
Jesus loved the Romans. "Father, forgive them," he said, "for they know not what they do."
"Yeah, well, why didn't he fight? Why did he allow himself to be sacrificed?
BEBishop Eddis
I ask myself that question a lot.
HMHector Mendoza
We're drafting a law that says that this use of funds is illegal.
And who's going to enforce that law?
BBBob Birch
We were ready to impeach one president; we'll do the same with you, if necessary.
And put Donald Blythe in this office? You know he's not up for the job. Congress would get killed for malpractice. As crooked as you may think I am, you know I can handle the pressure, and you know that Donald can't. So pass your law, I'll veto it, and when you overrule me in the Senate, we'll let the third branch decide.
BBBob Birch
Don't declare war on Congress, Mr. President.
Not on Congress. I'm declaring war on atrophy. [to the audience] But, these days, who could tell the difference?
[about Corrigan] He was a coward, and I'm glad he's dead.
He had more courage than you'll ever have.
Do you really wanna discuss courage, Claire? Because anyone can commit suicide, or spout their mouths off in front of a camera. You wanna know what takes courage? Keeping your mouth shut, no matter what you may be feeling. Holding it all together when the stakes are this high.
We're murderers, Francis.
No, we're not. We're survivors.
If we can't show respect for one brave man and still accomplish what we set out to do, then I'm disappointed in both of us.
I never should have made you ambassador.
I never should have made you president. [leaves]
[to the audience] What're you lookin' at?!
In the lobby. The chairman told me they wanna support Dunbar.
They're just trying to rattle us.
Dunbar's promising to save Social Security, go after Wall Street and government waste instead of entitlements.
Here's a list. The meeting's not for another 10 minutes.
Well, start bringing them in here. It'll take them that long to hobble over on their walkers.
Henry Mitchell, the new Senate Majority Leader. What happened to Hector Mendoza? Well, you don't declare a couple of paid speeches as income, and boom, you're no longer in Congress, and certainly not running for president. [pointing to Mitchell's portrait of Eisenhower] You got rid of Ronnie. Hector loved that painting.
HMHenry Mitchell
Oh, he's not gone, just in storage.
[to the audience] Just like Hector.
